Win the ultimate gastronomic adventure to London!
HSBC invites you to win the opportunity to experience Taste of London as a VIP guest!
To celebrate Taste of Melbourne, the ultimate food and drink event featuring Melbourne's finest restaurants, HSBC, the Presenting Partner of Taste Festivals Australia, is giving you the chance to win an exclusive holiday to the UK to experience Taste of London as a VIP guest and pocket $5000 with an HSBC Online Savings Account!
Win the trip of a lifetime for you and a friend with return flights to London, 5 nights of 5-star hotel accommodation, VIP passes to attend Taste of London 2011, dinner at a top London restaurant and $5000 spending money deposited in an HSBC Online Savings Account so you can dine in style in Europe's culinary capital.
Like its antipodean counterpart, Taste of London promises to be the foodie event of the year.
If you want the chance to win this chic prize pool, tell us in 25 words or less 'Which Taste of Melbourne restaurant would you most like to dine in and why?' Entries close 26 September 2010 so get in quick!
Entries close at 00:01am on 26 September 2010. Winners will be notified by mail. Please check the terms and conditions tab for full details.
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Win the ultimate gastronomic adventure to London!
The best entry as deemed by the judges will win a trip to London to experience Taste of London worth up to $15,000.00 and includes:
Return economy class flights to London (Heathrow) from Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane for two (2) people worth up to the value of $6000;
Five (5) nights twin room accommodation at The Langham Hotel on Regent St London, valued at $2,800;
Airport transfers to and from The Langham in a Mercedes E Class valued at $230;
Two (2) x Taste of London double VIP pass valued at $210;
Voucher for a meal at a Taste of London affiliated restaurant for two (2) people valued at $500;
HSBC Travel Insurance for 2 people valued at $260;
Spending money deposited in an HSBC Online Savings Account for the winner valued at up $5000.
In order for the prize winner to take up the Taste of London 2011 prize component, winner must take the prize on the below specified dates:
Depart Australia on 14/06/11
Depart London on 19/06/11
Taste of London takes place from 16-19th June 2011. If the winner cannot make these dates, prize must be taken by 30 September 2011 and the winner must forfeit the VIP tickets to Taste of London 2011. No cash alternative/substitute will be supplied for this tickets in this instance.
Win the ultimate gastronomic adventure to London!
Terms & conditions
1. Information on how to enter forms part of these terms and conditions of entry.
2. Entry is open to all residents of Australia aged 18 years and over. Employees of the Promoter and their immediate families and agencies associated with this promotion are ineligible to enter.
3. To enter, log onto www.gourmettraveller.com.au and sign up to the e-newsletter. Register your details and tell us in 25 words or less 'Which Taste of Melbourne restaurant would you most like to dine in and why?
4. Participants must fill out, in full, all mandatory elements of the promotion entry form in order for their entry to be valid.
5. This is a game of skill; chance plays no part in determining the winner. Each entry will be individually judged based on literary and creative merit. Judges decision is final and no correspondence will be entered into. Prize is not transferable or exchangeable and cannot be taken as cash. The Promoter is neither responsible nor liable for any change in the value of a prize occurring between the date of printing and the date the prize is claimed. Prize value mentioned is the recommended retail value as provided by the supplier and is correct at the time of printing.
6. The promotion commences 10:00am, AEST 26 July, 2010, and closes at 00:01am, AEST 26 September, 2010. The promotion will be judged by a panel of judges. Judging will begin on 11 October, 2010 at 11am at the judges' premises. The winner will be notified by mail using contact details provided in their entry.
7. The best entry as deemed by the judges will win a trip to London to experience Taste of London worth up to $15,000.00 and includes:
a. Return economy class flights to London (Heathrow) from Perth, Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney or Brisbane for two (2) people worth up to the value of $6000;
b. Five (5) nights twin room accommodation at The Langham Hotel on Regent St London, valued at $2,800;
c. Airport transfers to and from The Langham in a Mercedes E Class valued at $230;
d. Two (2) x Taste of London double VIP pass valued at $210;
e. Voucher for a meal at a Taste of London affiliated restaurant for two (2) people valued at $500;
f. HSBC Travel Insurance for 2 people valued at $260;
g. Spending money deposited in an HSBC Online Savings Account for the winner valued at up $5000.
8. In order for the prize winner to take up the Taste of London 2011 prize component, winner must take the prize on the below specified dates:
a. Depart Australia on 14/06/11
b. Depart London on 19/06/11
c. Taste of London takes place from 16-19th June 2011. If the winner cannot make these dates, prize must be taken by 30 September 2011 and the winner must forfeit the VIP tickets to Taste of London 2011. No cash alternative/substitute will be supplied for this tickets in this instance.
9. Prize components are subject to availability, and are non-transferable. All accommodation and travel must be utilised by 30 September 2011. Bookings cannot be accepted during special events or Australian/New Zealand school holidays.
10. The winner is responsible for items of a personal nature including but not limited to phone calls, drinks and meals, petrol, motor vehicle insurance and travel expenses. Except for any liability that cannot be excluded by law, the Promoter (including its officers, employees and agents) excludes all liability (including negligence), for any personal injury or any loss or damage (including loss of opportunity) whether direct, indirect, or consequential, arising in any way out of the Promotion, including but not limited to, where arising out of the following: a) any technical difficulties or equipment malfunctioning (whether or not under the Promoter's control); b) any theft, unauthorised access or third party interference; c) any entry or prize claim that is late, lost, altered, damaged or misdirected (whether or not by the Promoter) due to any reason beyond the reasonable control of the Promoter; d) any variation in prize value to that stated in these Conditions of Entry; or e) anything arising out of or in connection with taking or using the prize.
11. All entries become the property of the Promoter. The collection, use and disclosure of personal information provided in connection with this competition is governed by the Privacy Notice (found on the ACP Magazines website: www.acpmagazines.com.au)
12. The Promoter is ACP Magazines Ltd of 54 Park Street, Sydney NSW 2000. ABN is 18 053 273 546.